As of yesterday, Jens Bergensten is the new lead developer on Minecraft. He will have the final say in all design decisions, so he will kinda sorta become my boss, I guess. Iíve promised him to not pull rank. ;)

Weíve been working together on Minecraft for a year now, and Iím amazed at how much in synch we two are when it comes to how to design the game. And when we donít agree, we discuss it and something much better comes out at a result. Heís truly a great person to work with, and I feel very confident handing over the leadership of Minecraft to him.

If you want to contact Jens, heís on twitter as @jeb_, or you can email him at jeb@mojang.com

Personally, I will now rest for a while, then get back to work refreshed and eager. Iíll be helping out with Minecraft, of course, but also starting work on some new project.

space captain wrote on Dec 2, 2011, 10:55:thanks for all the money, see ya

Thats a bit uncalled for.

That's just how SC rolls. He (Notch) made something cool and got compensated for it, he's moving onto something new. I don't see the problem with him going onto a different project, I wouldn't want to work on the same thing forever either.

Hes not abandoning it ether, hes still going to do work on it in addition to his new project, its just he wont be the lead man anymore.